In our last article we looked at System.Data in .NET Core 3.0. Now we turn our attention to System.Data.SqlClient, which is the SQL Server driver.

Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core.

We won’t be using any of those features here. Click Create. We’ll use this ASP.NET Core Web API project to work with the code examples given in the sections below.

Figure 2. ASP.NET Core Identity UI 3.0 NuGet Install Next I update the ASP.NET Core Entity Framework Identity UI NuGet package to version 3.0 as seen in Figure 3. [Click on image for larger view.] ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...

SQL Server 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal release offering robust tools for developers and improved core database capabilities.

Microsoft breaks vow to never license by core and will now charge for server cores much like they were processors. Here's the details.